Medical term:

rales



RALES

Cardiology A series of trials–Randomized Aldactone Evaluation Study that demonstrated that the addition of Aldactone®–spironolactone to standard therapies–eg, ACE inhibitors, resulted in a 27% ↓ in total mortality in severe CHF Pts with systolic left ventricular dysfunction. See Spironolactone.
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

rales

Abnormal rattling sounds accompanying the breath sounds and heard through a STETHOSCOPE during examination of the chest. They are caused by air passing through fluid or mucus in the small air tubes (bronchioles). Compare RHONCHI.
Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005


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